250 Mr. ^Y. L. Sclater un Birds collected 



Grant's examples arc all young birds. One of these has 

 the breast narrowly streaked with brown. 



[Only some half a dozen individuals of this Bunting were 

 seen, and all were immature. They frequented the lower 

 end of a large patch of cultivated land bordering a stream, 

 and were feeding on millet and rice that had been planted 

 there by the natives. In actions and habit this species 

 resembles E. flaviventr'is^ 



103. Fringillaria capensis. 



CC. Durban Road, Mch. (3) ; Klipfontein, Apl., July (5). 



The Durban Road skins are slightly paler than those 

 from Klipfontein, while the latter are distinctly paler than 

 tl)ose from Deelfontein, which were described b_v Sharpe as 

 a new species {F. media) ; the Buntings of Natal and the 

 Transvaal are still more differentiated, and form a third sub- 

 species. There are examples in the British Museum from 

 the following localites : — 



F. capensis typica : Capetown and suburbs, Durban Road, 

 and Tjobis (Namaqualand) ; slightly darker arc those from 

 the Paarl [SJieUey), Mossel Bay {Oates), and Klipfontein. 



F. capensis media Sharpe : Deelfontein, De Aar, and 

 Potchefstroom. 



F. capensis reidi Shelley ' Ingagane River and Newcastle 

 (Natal), and Rustenburg (Transvaal). 



[The Cape Buiiting is found in pairs, and, as a rule, on 

 ground strewn Avitli boulders and rocks. On the tops of 

 these it perches and underneath them it breeds. It is a 

 tame and confiding species and is often seen near habita- 

 tions. The flight is low, but not sustained, and the call is a 

 single note. 



The soft parts are : — Irides hazel ; bill slate-coloured ; 

 legs and toes dark horn-coloured.] 



104. Fringillaria tahapisi. 



Tv. Klein Letaba, July, Aug. (5) ; Woodbush, Nov., Jan. 

 (2). 



[The North-Eastern Transvaal is the oidy locality in 

 which I have found this Buntine-. 



